Take a small bowl and melt the butter. Now add to the melted butter the eggs, milk and almond extract. Whisk until light and frothy. In a separate mixing bowl add the rest of the ingredients, including the cherries roughly chopped. Mix together the dry ingredients and then make a well in the centre and add the butter batter. Beat vigourously trapping the air for 5mins. Spoon the mixture into cases and bake for 20-30mins. Cool and the eat!

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hi can these muffins be done without the almond essense and the rind of an orange? either taken out of the recipe or substituted for something else?
I want a recipe for a cherry muffin that tastes of cherries not almonds or oranges! can i maybe use vanilla extract in the same quantity in place of the almond extract? then just remove the orange rind altogether? would that work?